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November 16, 2009

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Back from London, and not without a little pang of “of only we had another week, or year”. Great time, great city. Except that everyone sneezes into their hands. I did shudder when I witnessed it, and gave the sneezer a wide berth, not wanting to become the sneezee. Friends have suggested that the media [...]

November 03, 2009

A shot in the arm

Who’s getting the vaccine and who isn’t? Consider this: David Suzuki is a yes: Anne Murray is a no. Suzuki wonders why anyone would think they know more than scientists.  Murray feels that lots of Purell is the answer. I’ve been an admirer of Anne Murray since I was a gloomy adolescent – she was the [...]

October 31, 2009

End of October, more hospital rant

Not sure anyone’s reading this, so it won’t matter that I say that I’m dressing up like a honeybee tonight. Hallowe’en, and the first costume party I’ve attended for a very long time. I tried on the costume (I wore it in ’06 for a breast cancer fund raiser, and I was damned if I [...]

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